ROMAN REPUBLICAN. Lucius Caesius. 112-111 B.C. AR denarius. 3.83 gm. 21 mm. Rome mint. Youthful draped bust of Vejovis left, seen from behind, hurling thunderbolt; ROMA monogram to right / Two Lares seated right, each holding a staff, dog standing right between them; LA (ligate) to left, [RE] (retrograde and ligate) to right, head of Vulcan and tongs above, L CÆSI in exergue. Crawford 298/1. Sydenham 564. RSC Caesia 1. Near Extremely Fine; cabinet tone with iridescence on fresh glossy fields; fine style bust well placed on unusually shaped flan; minor hairline scratch in left field on reverse, old and fully toned. Beautiful coin. Comes with collector's custom black cardboard holder.

Ex Dr. John A. Sawhill Collection/James Madison University Foundation (Stack's, 15-16 March 1979), lot 1138 (as part of a 2 coin lot).
Ex John Quincy Adams and Descendants/Massachusetts Historical Society Collection (Part I, Stack's, 5-6 March 1971), lot 452 (as part of the same 2 coin lot that appeared in the Sawhill collection).